238 XCVIII, ACANTHACEE (CLARKE). [ Ecboliwm. 
6. E. striatum, Balf. f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Hdinb. xii. 89. Leaves 
14 by 3 in. (up to 44 by 2 in. in Thomas, 11), ovate-elliptic or oblong, 
obtuse at either end, glabrous; petiole }—3 in. long. Spikes up to 5 by 
4 in.; bracts 3 by $ in., more or less pubescent. Sepals $ in. long. 
Corolla white (7homas); tube } in. long, narrowly funnel-shaped nearly 
from the base; lips } in. long, posticous broadly oblong and scarcely 
emarginate. Anther-cells at equal height, linear-oblong, muticous, 
divaricate at the base; pollen globose, meridional smooth depressions 
very narrow, not reaching the poles. Capsule hardly exceeding } in. in 
length, hairy; stalk 1 in. long; seeds 2, ovoid, discoid, 4 in. in diam., 
papillose-scabrous, without hairs.—Balf. f. in Trans. Roy. Soe. 
Edin. xxxi. 226, t. 77 (excluding var. (3 minor, and left-hand plant on 
t. 77); Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 338 ; 8. Moore 
in Journ. Bot. 1894, 137. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Sabaki River, 1300 ft., Gregory! Tana 
River, Thomas, 11 ! 
Also in Socotra. 
7. E. barlerioides, Lindau in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 42. Younger 
branchlets and leaves closely covered with minute hairs. Leaves up to 
13 by # in., yellowish-green, narrowed at either end, obtuse, when 
mature glabrate; petiole 4 in. long. Spikes terminal, strobilate, up to 
2 by #in.; bracts 2 by nearly 4 in., obovate, acuminate, base narrow 
cuneate. Calyx scarcely } in. long. Corolla-tube 4-3 in. long, sub- 
cylindric or somewhat funnel-shaped at the top ; anticous lip 3-lobed ; 
posticous oblong, scarcely emarginate. Pollen globose, with 3 broad 
meridional bands continuous to the poles, and 3 large stopples. Capsule 
4 by 4 in.; 2-seeded, much flattened, minutely hairy to the base ; stalk 
solid; placente not rising elastically; seeds large, much flattened, 
tubercular-scabrous, not hairy.—Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzen- 
fam. iv. 3 B. 338, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. (1896) 81. Tsoglossa 
barlerioides, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1877, 70. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Keren, Steudner, 1503! Somaliland: Serrut Mountains, 
Hildebrandt, 1401! Ahl Mountains, 1250 ft., Hildebrandt, 8604! Ganane River, 
Riva, 1110! Schebele River, Donaldson Smith ! 
8. E. Anisacanthus, (©. B. Clarke. Small woody shrub; 
branchlets terete, minutely and densely white-hairy. Leaves 14 by } in-, 
narrowed at either end, densely and minutely hairy; petiole Q-$ in. 
long. Spikes terminal, 13 by } in., 8-12-flowered, hardly strobilate ; 
bract 4 by 4-1 in., elliptic, acute at either end, mucronate, minutely 
and sparsely hairy; bracteoles 2, linear, scarcely 1, in. long. Calyx 
4-4 in. long; sepals 5, united } their length; two anticous often more 
highly united so that the calyx is 2-lipped, sub-4-fid. Corolla-tube $ in. 
long, linear-cylindric ; limb 2-lipped, nearly as long; anticous lip o- 
lobed; posticous lip shortly 2-fid. Stamens 2, rudiments 0; filaments 
minutely scabrous-hairy ; anthers linear-oblong, muticous, parallel at 
equal height ; pollen subglobose, smooth, with 3 very narrow bands (on 
which are stopples) not reaching the poles. Ovary glabrous; ovules 
